Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1184 - 567: The Best Scenario

When they heard this, both Qin Huai and An Youyou took a sharp breath, and Qin Huai could even hear the unspoken meaning in An Youyou's gasp.

A large part of Chen Shun's inheritance is actually my inheritance!

Qin Huai discovered that this group of spirits really liked Yellow Fish. An Youyou hadn't expected to die so early, failing to convert her savings into Yellow Fish. It seems Chen Shun saw An Youyou's example and planned ahead, so his inheritance was very well distributed.

Relying on Chen Shun's inheritance, Xu Chenggang restructured the textile mill, building it up to become the leading state-run mill in Gusu.

Yes, Xu Chenggang invested his own money to build the mill, which is why, even though the textile mill has been closed for years, its former employees still hold Mr. Xu in their hearts, with former colleagues visiting him at the retirement home to this day.

Afterwards, Xu Chenggang briefly glossed over the events.

His seemingly irresponsible but smart and independent young son died in a car accident at a young age.

His well-behaved, ambitious eldest son, who was the ideal child, preceded him in death due to overwork. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

His wife, who shared a lifelong love with him and lived a plain life despite rumors and having to marry into his family, passed away from illness a few years ago, closing her eyes forever on a sick bed.

Xu Chenggang had a troubled childhood, an inspirational and legendary youth, a middle-aged life akin to a fantastic story, and an old age filled with farewells.

Now, Xu Chenggang is just an old man in a retirement home very skilled at chess, with a valuable painting stored away like his glorious past.

At the end of the story, Xu Chenggang looked at An Youyou and told her how glad he was she specially came to find him, informing him that Lin Qi and Jiang Weiguo were still alive.

Those two are the only ones who remember his early life.

The brothers and their leader whom he begged with long ago have been dead for years, and those days feel as distant as if they belong to centuries ago.

"I have imagined many times, whether before my death while sitting in a rocking chair on the first floor of the retirement home, a person from the past would suddenly come to find me, telling me they've searched for years and finally found me. We'll chat all afternoon until quietly, before the sunset fades, I close my eyes on that chair."

"Before closing my eyes, I will divide my inheritance into several parts, giving a share to the old friend just like I once inherited the leader and Chen Shun's legacy."

"This is the best deathbed scene I've thought of these years, yet before anything happened, Xiao An, you showed up."

"If Gong Liang hadn't come to the retirement home yesterday to greet me, I wouldn't have known what to give you. My health has been pretty robust these years, haven't organized my inheritance, don't know how to evenly distribute it." Xu Chenggang laughed as he spoke.

Qin Huai: ...You really are not shy about distributing that inheritance, all of you brought up under the same leader's guidance.

When Qin Huai just listened to Xu Chenggang talking about these years, he really wanted to pretend not to know much, casually lamenting how regrettable Xu Nuo died so young in a car accident.

With Qin Huai's eloquence and the cooperative ability of Gong Liang and Shi Dadan, there's a 60% chance they could discreetly get Xu Nuo's death true story from Xu Chenggang.

But Qin Huai did not.

He was a silent listener, sipping tea quietly, even the usually straightforward and inquisitive An Youyou only drank a couple of pots of tea.

Though Xu Chenggang hardly dwelled on Xu Nuo, briefly mentioning this prematurely passed son in just two or three sentences, everyone could tell Xu Chenggang really cherished this son.

It's not just that due to the deep emotion he couldn't bring Xu Nuo up; it's because talking about him always brings up memories.

When mentioning Xu Nuo, Xu Chenggang's eyes twinkled more mischievously than at any other time.

For Qin Huai, directly asking the involved person is a good way to complete the task. But Xu Chenggang is not a spirit; he is completely human, an elderly man near life's end.

Spirits have abnormal brains and thoughts, and you can freely jab at their hearts, like with Bi Fang. If not for the risk that Bi Fang might awaken and scorch everyone, creating a BBQ feast, Chen Huihong and Cheng Gong really planned to tease Liu Tao every day before Luo Jun died, hoping it might trigger a grand revival, helping Luo Jun achieve a successful Crossing Tribulation before death.

Through these daring plans of theirs, Qin Huai realized Plant Spirits and Wen Yao Fish certainly have some nerve.

As for Xu Chenggang, since a reunion wasn't possible today anyway, Qin Huai thought it would just be nice to turn that day into a moment filled with old age surprises and reconnection.

Without any unexpected elements.

The five of them continued their conversation in the room until past 11 AM, Xu Chenggang shared most of his story and invited everyone to have lunch at the retirement home and continue the chat in the afternoon.

The meals at the retirement home were pretty decent.

Everyone gladly agreed.

Xu Chenggang carefully put the painting back into the cabinet, leading the four out as he opened the door, revealing a crowd of elderly men outside.

Everyone: ...?

When they saw Xu Chenggang step outside, the excited elderly men who were intently watching from outside began speaking loudly one after the other.

"Old Xu, are you done with your chat? The chess game from yesterday isn't finished yet!"

"Yeah, everyone's waiting to see you finish that game from yesterday."

"Which grandson is this of yours? You have a granddaughter too!"